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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHIVI/iCMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiquas 


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The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  Images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


□    Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  do  couieur 


p~1    Covers  damaged/ 


D 


D 
D 


D 
D 


n 


n 


Couverture  endommag^ 


Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaur^  et/ou  pelliculAe 


|~~|    Cover  title  missing/ 


Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 


Coloured  maps/ 

Cartes  giographiques  en  couieur 


Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  do  couieur  (i.o.  autre  que  bieuo  ou  noire) 


|~n    Coloured  plates  and/or  illuatrations/ 


Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couieur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
ReiiA  avec  d'autres  documents 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  liure  serrie  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  !•  long  d«  la  marge  intArieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
11  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajouties 
lors  d'une  restauratlon  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  ceia  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  «t«  filmtes. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplAmentaires: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  iti  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-itre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


□    Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  de  couieur 

□    Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endom  magmas 


D 


Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restauries  et/ou  pelliculAes 


The! 
posal 
ofth 
filmii 


Origi 

begii 

theli 

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first 

sion, 

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p'K'Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
1^1    Pages  dicolor^es,  tachet^es  ou  piqu^es 

□    Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ditachies 

r~~U  Showthrough/ 
b^   Transparence 

□    Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inAgaie  de  I'impression 

□    Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  materiel  suppiimentaire 

□    Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 


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Thai 
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TINli 
whic 

Mapi 
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bagli 
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requi 
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Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  psges  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  M  filmies  i  nouveau  de  facon  d 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  film*  au  taux  de  reduction  indiquA  ci-dessous. 

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26X 


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20X 


24X 


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The  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  r«prociuc«d  thanks 
to  the  ganarosity  of: 


L'axamplaira  film4  fut  raproduit  grica  i  la 
gAnirositA  da: 


Mttropoiitin  Toronto  Library 
Canadian  History  Dapartmant 

Tha  Imagas  appaaring  hara  '^ra  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  iagiblllty 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spaclficatlons. 


RMatropolitan  Toronto  Library 
Canadian  Hittory  Dapartmant 

Las  imagas  suivantas  ont  AtA  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  da  l'axamplaira  fllmA,  at  an 
conformity  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
fllmaga. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impree- 
sion,  or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  Impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Les  exemplairas  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
pepler  est  ImprimAe  sont  filmte  en  commenpant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darnlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  emprelnte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  is  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplairas 
originaux  sont  filmte  en  commen^ant  par  la 
pramlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  emprelnte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  at  an  terminant  par 
la  darnlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
emprelnte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  ^^-  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparattra  sur  la 
darnlAre  image  do  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  la  symbols  -^>  signlfie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  ▼  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmAs  A  des  taux  da  rAduction  diff Arents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
do  I'angia  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  iMs,  ^n  prenant  le  nombre 
d'imagas  nAcessaire.  Lea  diagrammas  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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Committee  on  the  Public  Lands f 

TO  WHOM  WERE  RBPXKRSS, 

ON  THE  THIRTIETH  ULTIMO, 

THE 

JOHN  FULTON  AND  CHARLOTTE  HAZEN^ 

'  OJ^  THE  FOURTH  INSTJNT^ 

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PETITIONS  OF  THOMAS  AYERS, 


AND  OTHERS. 


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DECEMBER  7,  1809. 
Considered,  agreed  to,  and  bill  ordered. 


DECEMBER  11,  1809. 
Bill  presented. 


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' -*'  7yif  committee  on  tfie  public  lands,  to  whom 
were  referred  the  several  petitions  of  Thomas 
Ay  res,  Benjamin  Reynolds,  William  Fulton, 
and  Robert  Sharp,  of  John  Fulton,  and  of 
Charlotte  Hazen,  (claiming  in  right  of  her 
husband  general  Moses  Hazen^  deceased,) 

THAT  it  appears  by  the  statement  of 
ilie  petkioniers,  that  they  were  formerly  inha- 
l^itants  of  the  British  provinces  of  Nova  Scotia 
and  Canada;  that  early  in  the  revolutionary 
war  they  entered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States ;  they  claim  compensation  in  considera> 
liion  of  the  sufferings  and  hardships  they  en- 
{flurcd,  and  the  losses  they  sustained  in  conse- 
iV-juence  of  their  attachment  to  the  interest  of 
the  United  States.  The  committee  are  of 
»s opinion,  thkt  if  in  justice  the  petitioners  are 
entitled  to  compdnsation,  the  provision  under 
yhich  it  is  made,  ought  to  be  of  a  general  na- 
ture, so  as  to  embrace  all  similar  cases,  and 
)i!.ey  are  convinced  that  many  such  exist.  Hav^ 
h^g  a  general  provision  in  view,  the  committee 
fiiinklt  proper  to  swbhiitto  the  hoii^e,  a  refer- 
<r'r;ce  to  the  several  acts  which  have  been  passed, 


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and  proceedings  had,  in  relation  to  the  refu* 
gees  from  Nova  Scotiai  and  Canada.  It  was 
resolved  in  congress  on  the  23d  of  April, 
1783,  that  **  whenever  congress  can  consist- 
ently make  grants  of  land,  they  will  reward 
in  this  way,  as  far  as  may  be  consistent,  the 
officers,  men  and  oth^r  refugees  from  Canada." 
On  the  13th  of  April,  1785,  a  resolution  nearly 
similar  was  passed,  promising  to  provide  for 
such  refugees,  from  Nova  Scotia  as  may  be 
disposed  to  live  in  the  western  country.  Pro- 
vision is  made  by  an  act  approved  April  7th, 
1708,  for  satisfying  the  claims  for  lands  under 
the  resolutions  atove  recited.  The  claimants 
are  required  to  exhibit  their  claims  within  the 
term  of  two  years  after  the  passing  of  the  said 
act,,  and  the  claims  so  exhibited  are  to  be  ex- 
amined by  the  secretary  of  war,  and  the  se- 
cretary and  comptroller  of  the  treasury,  and  a 
report  by  the^l  made  to  congress  of  the  quan- 
tity of  land  which  in  their  opinion  each  claim- 
ant ought  to  have.  And  all  claims  not  exhibit- 
ed within  the  said  term  of  two  years,  are  de- 
clared to  be  forever  after  barred.  By  an  act 
approved  February  18th,  1801,  six  fractional 
townships  are  designated  as  set  apart  and  re- 
served for  the  , purpose  of  satisfying  claims 
arising  under  the  aforesaid  act.  The  time  for 
exhibiting  claims  was  again  extended  two 
years  by  an  act  approved  March  16th,  1804. 
It  may  be  proper  to  state,  that  under  the  last 
mentioned  act  two  reports  were  made  to  con- 
gress by  the   commissioners   for  examining 


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Miths^'hra  hot  firiknjr  attcdt  oh,  m  iftc  of 
whKch  the  tkic  of  Mrs.  Hazeii,  noW  referred 
to  the  cortiniittee,  wasl  favourably  repoirted  on. 

From  A  view  of  the  facts  aS  hiere  stated,  and 
the  consideration  which  the  committee  have 
been- able  to  giVe  the  subject,  thdyar6* of  opi-* 
nion,  that  in  cases  wh6re  it  can  with  certainty' 
be  ascertained  that  services  have  been  render- 
ed Under  the  circumstances  contemplated  by 
the  foregoing  resolutions,  artd  no  compensa-' 
tion  made,  neither  the  lapke  of  time  nor  thc| 
operation  of  an  act  of  limitation  ought  to  ex- 
tinguish   the    gratitude   of  the  government,^ 
nor  absolve  it  from  affording  the   promised 
reward  to  remunerate  for  the  sacrifices  of  pro- 
perty and  suflferings  of  those  who.  generously 
aided  in  establishing  the  independence  of  the 
nation,  and' that  by  reviving  the  former  law, 
with  some  additional  restrictions,  the  public 
property  will  be  secured  against  unjust  claims.  | 
-fm  Therefore, 

Resolved^  That  the  act,  intituled  "  An  act 
for  the  relief  of  the  refugees  from  the  British 
provinces  of  Canada  and  Nova  Scotia,'^  ap-^ 
proved  on  the  7th  of  April,   1798,  ought  to 
be  revived  and  continued  in  force  for  a  lim- 
if^d  time,  provided  that  no  claimant  under 
sMd  act,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  grant 
of  any  such  lands  until  he  produce  satisfac-  ^ 
tery  evidence  that  he  is  a  residetit  Within  thc> 
United  States.  /! 


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